It was supposedly a fireworks explosion next to a nitrite (or nitrate) factory. Fireworks could be seen in some of the videos before the big boom.Massive Blast in Beirut
Lebanon: at least 78 killed as huge explosion rocks Beirut
Thousands injured in blast, blamed on store of ammonium nitrate, which occurred in city’s port areawww.theguardian.com
Not sure if terrorism yet...
It was supposedly a fireworks explosion next to a nitrite (or nitrate) factory. Fireworks could be seen in some of the videos before the big boom.
where did you hear that?
It apparently wasn't fireworks but a load of sodium nitrate confiscated off of a ship a year ago that had been stored in a warehouse at the port since.
240 tons of tnt seems the most likely or 100X smaller than hiroshima.
The stories from victims are sadly tainted by blast experience.
Fuck me. Make sure to watch it all.
So it's no worse than the flu then, right?Im seeing lots of wild guessing about the yield of the explosion in nuke terms.
Vipin is a political nuclear academic.
View: https://twitter.com/NarangVipin/status/1290725969112653824
240 tons of tnt seems the most likely or 100X smaller than hiroshima.
Obviously it wasnt built as a bomb, so probably had much less impact if the containers were just stored over a wide area.
The stories from victims are sadly tainted by blast experience.
One woman wrote.
'We panicked until we realised it was just one bomb and returned to our homes.'
I think this one really brings it home how large it was.
View: https://twitter.com/i/status/1290734230721396737
Fuck me. Make sure to watch it all.
View: https://twitter.com/Dabush83052471/status/1290809975422492672
View: https://twitter.com/Alawaayy/status/1290726324810715137
I take it the car video? Fucking hell, surprised the car was not blown away.
So it's no worse than the flu then, right?
Why the fuck are you trying to downplay the seriousness of what everybody can see was a massive explosion? You're fucking *weird*.
Im not downplaying the frickin obvious damage.So it's no worse than the flu then, right?
Why the fuck are you trying to downplay the seriousness of what everybody can see was a massive explosion? You're fucking *weird*.
the hiroshima bomb. Go look at the damage from that...the entire city was flattened.
Im not downplaying the frickin obvious damage.
Victim: "Fuck me, that was a big explosion"The stories from victims are sadly tainted by blast experience.
Less fun fact: only 10% of Lebanon's grain is produced domestically. The rest is imported (mostly from Russia) and the vast majority of it goes through that one grain elevator. And Lebanon was already on its knees due to civil unrest, COVID, currency crisisFun fact: that building in the middle, the only one left standing, is the counties main grain silo which was built to withstand missile strikes in case of war. Despite that it still got fucked.